March 5, 2015 / Front Page

Tensions ran high on Tuesday night during the hours leading up to the Lancaster School District’s Community Engagement Session on its controversial mascot. With 160 participants registered for the event, the hallway from the cafeteria to More...

Controversial issues often take time to resolve, and with vastly differing opinions, weighing each side, listening closely to points presented and taking a hard, calculated look at the facts is a sometimes cumbersome but important process. More...

The following students from the Depew and Lancaster areas have been named to the honor roll at St. Mary’s High School for the 2014-2015 school year: Depew Grade 12 Maraih Troidl Grade 11 Nicholas Kobis More...

The Varsity Depew Wildcats Ice hockey Club Team Won the Best of the West Tournament this past weekend, defeating a very good Alden/Akron squad, 5-0, at the Northtowns Center in Amherst. Team captains Mitch Wartinger, Mike Thorton and Anthony Ru More...

The Town of Lancaster recently received a grant for bollards to be placed outside the courts building located on Pavement Road, but officials say the funding will have to be supplemented to complete the project. More...

James V. LaMartina, 92, of Depew, died Sunday, March 1, 2015. Born in Buffalo, Mr. LaMartina graduated from Hutchinson Technical High School and then from St. Mary’s Business School in Buffalo in 1940. More...

Pet Connection Programs Inc., a maternity and special care shelter for dogs and cats located in Marilla, will hold a chicken barbecue and basket auction from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 7, in the Variety Club Banquet Hall, 6114 Broadway, Lancaster. More...

The Lancaster Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking a new space in which to operate, but is looking for a less than conventional office. According to a press release from the Chamber, which was most recently located on West Main Street, the organ More...

The Lancaster National Speedway and Dragway has recently gained Franco’s Pizza as a title sponsor for its Friday Night IHRA Drag Racing Program. The season for that program will begin on Saturday, April 18, with Friday night drag racing s More...

The SKM Group, a marketing communications agency located on Transit Road in Depew, recently hired several new employees. Jamie Garcia has been brought on as art director, along with James Gillan as strategic branding manager, Jillian Fiorella More...